Nah, Statler and Waldorf are sharp enough to justifiably talk shit on everyone else.
The debate was pretty similar to this though: https://youtu.be/iZ7lGA27wAw?t=24s
They're old, cranky, have someone else's hand up their butts, and what they say causes laughter... Biden and Trump are Just like Statler and Waldorf.
Laughing at this AP video of reactions: "last night was the mummy versus the dummy."